Edgar Guerrero Gastelum (born October 23, 1979, in Burley,

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), lived in the Mexican state of Sinaloa until the age of 8. He and his family later moved to Glenns Ferry,

. He is the son of Juan Guerrero and Dora Guerrero Gastelum. He graduated from Glenn’s Ferry High School and he graduated from

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where he received a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design in 2004. Before entering the popular Mexican show

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, an 'American Idol'-style TV show, he was a member of several music groups, most recently Grupo Karibe in Boise, which performs all styles of music in Spanish. He was working for a Boise Airport car rental company when he auditioned for the show in

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. He beat out 150,000 people from

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and the

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to become one of 18 contestants during the show's fourth season. At the end he lost to

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, a school teacher of indigenous ethnicity, He won fifth place of the fourth generation of the popular Mexican show ''

''. On 24 September 2005, Edgar Guerrero traveled to Burley, Idaho, to receive the keys of the city for being a good ambassador of the community. The mayor John Anderson proclaimed 24 September "Edgar Guerrero Day"... At this moment Edgar is working on many projects, he currently resides in Phoenix AZ, owns a marketing company called P.E.G. MPP, is the public image for many companies and works as a programmer and music consultant for 94.5 Exa FM, a radio station based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Edgar has 3 children, Phoenix, Eros and Gael. Currently married to Slidayne Guerrero.

External links

Edgar Guerrero Website
- Official site
LaAcademia.tv
- La Academia's official site
TVAzteca.com
- TV Azteca, the TV station that produces La Academia * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Edgar 1979 births Living people La Academia contestants People from Burley, Idaho People from Glenns Ferry, Idaho